pompous

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from , from , equivalent to. .

Adjective

 * 1) Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
 * , Bantam Classics (1997), 16:
 * "en"
 * "en"

- Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous, and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Samuel did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:arrogant
 * See also Thesaurus:arrogant
 * See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: pompézní
 * Danish:, højrøvet
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σοβαρός
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: mórchúiseach
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: pompastiškas, pasipūtęs
 * Macedonian: високо́парен, на́дуен, по́мпезен
 * Maori: whakakake, whakaī
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: pompøs, høgttråvande
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, , , , , , ,
 * Swedish: